Main entry: shear
Definition: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
Main entry: shear
Definition: (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
Usage: the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
Main entry: shear
Definition: become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
Main entry: shear
Definition: cut with shears
Usage: shear hedges
Main entry: shear
Definition: cut or cut through with shears
Usage: shear the wool off the lamb
Definition: shear the wool from
Usage: shear sheep